Invisible Shield for 5800

I have a habit tucking my phone inside my pocket with keys. As a normal right-handed person, I use my right hand more in my daily routine. I believe it more to reflex when most of the things I hold with my hand will go to my right-hand-side pocket instead of left-side. So, my pocket usually full with things from morning to night. My old phone end up with lots of scratched here and there so I don't want the same thing happen to my precious Tube.

5800 is a new launched phone so it lack of 3rd party accessories such as pouch and also silicon case. Actually, I hate silicon case as it make my phone bulky. I end up looking for a good screen protector. Among the screen protector I found were BestSkinEver and Zagg. Both of the brand claimed to be scratch proof because both use the same technology, but the later has higher price and come with life-time warranty.

From ZAGG website:

"The invisibleSHIELD™ is created from an ultra-tough, patented film that is exclusive to ZAGG for covering consumer electronics. Transparent and amazingly thin, the invisibleSHIELD™ is designed to precisely match the contours of every device, providing unbeatable scratch protection. ZAGG's invisibleSHIELD is the world's first and best solution of its kind, and the patent-pending application process will keep gadgets looking great."
With lifetime warranty, and the availability of the screen protector, I choose Zagg invisibleSHIELD™ with full body protector.

The Package

The invisibleSHIELD™ come in black-red book size box. It comes with install squeegee and SHIELDspray™. I received the SHIELDspray™ in bad shape as the liquid only leaft ¼ of the bottle. As I'm too eager to install and have no patient to wait for a replacement, I just continue to the installation.

Price
I bought it from local seller for RM60. In ZAGG website, the price is USD24.95 (RM92). But if you buy more than USD100, you'll get 30% discount. So if you buy 4 invisibleSHIELD™, they will cost you RM255.50 or RM64 each. The larger the quantity, the bigger discount you'll get. Sometime, ZAGG will give you 50% discount.

Installation
It took me almost 3 hours to install. Your thumbprint is your worst enemy! So apply SHIELDspray™ on your finger as much as you can .

Some tips:

1. Switch off your device.
   
2. Work in dust free environment. Some people suggest in bathroom where the humidity is high and less dust.
   
3. Wipe you phone with dust-free towel/cloth not tissue. I used tissue (although it claim dust free). The result, some of the tissue's dust manage to slip under the screen protector.
4. Don't peel off invisibleSHIELD™ from it paper completely, instead slowly peel and apply SHIELDspray™ and apply it on your phone. So, your will touch invisibleSHIELD™ less.
5. Reuse paper backing if you don't wear glove and you need to touch the adhensive side of the invisibleSHIELD™.
6. To hold your phone, you can use SHIELDspray™ hole in the box. It fix firmly.
7. To practice, apply back cover first.

Result



I installed front cover first, with lack of practice, so some dust from the tissue manage to slip under the shield. From the picture below, you can see that there also some bubbles but in due time, the bubbles will completely gone. What left is the dust.


After a few weeks

Dust easily attract to the edge of the shield. I believe this is normal for all screen protector. As long as it not go under the shield, it is okay. In the picture, this is my mistake as I touch this edge to peel off the shield from its paper backing. My advice, avoid touching with bare hand, use glove!

All the front protector were badly installed. Actually, this is the only part that I don't like the design. You can see from the picture bellow, my phone will be protect from scratch except the conner part. Plus, this is the only part that mostly will collect dust and it also made my phone ugly. Beside that, I feel my phone well protected by invisibleSHIELD™.


Conclusion
Albeit all the defect of the shield, I'm satisfy with it performance. No scratch so far and also the shield glued firmly with my phone. I believe, if I have a second package ready to install, the result will be much better.

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